Vickers
Wellington Mk.IC Z8808 of 11 OTU, crashed at Ashfold Gill Head on Gouthwaite
Moor near Pateley Bridge on the 2nd / 3rd September 1942 while on a night cross
country exercise from Bassingbourn.
|
Crew / Passengers |
Rank - if applicable |
Position e.g. Pilot |
Status |
|
P. R. Coney |
Flight Lieutenant |
Pilot |
Injured |
|
J. Wilding |
Sergeant |
Co-pilot |
Injured |
|
M. B. Grainger |
Sergeant |
Observer |
Injured |
|
J. H. F. Kemp |
Sergeant |
Bomb Aimer |
Injured |
|
J. E. Burrel |
Flight Sergeant |
Wireless Operator |
Injured |
|
W. G. Reading |
Sergeant |
Air gunner |
injured |
|
G. W. Wilford |
Sergeant |
Wireless Operator / Air gunner |
Injured |
Also lost on the same night in the same area of Yorkshire was
Wellington
Mk.IC DV718
A general view of part of the crash site. Some large sections of
geodetic frame work survive at the site to this day.
A second over view of the same area shown in the first photograph.